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Using Oxygen Isotopes of Phosphate To Trace Phosphorus Sources and Cycling in Lake Erie

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2009

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Elsbury, Katy E, Paytan, Adina, Ostrom, Nathaniel E, Kendall, Carol, Young, Megan B, McLaughlin, Karen, Rollog, Mark E, and Watson, Sue, 2009, Using Oxygen Isotopes of Phosphate To Trace Phosphorus Sources and Cycling in Lake Erie: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 43, iss. 9, p. 3108-3114.

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The oxygen isotopic composition of phosphate in Lake Erie is not in isotopic equilibrium, indicating that an uncharacterized source of phosphate, most likely, sedimentary, with a high isotopic composition is contributing to the lake?s phosphorus load.

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  • USGS National Research Program

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Added to ScienceBase on Fri Apr 19 09:06:26 MDT 2013 by processing file <b>Isotope Tracers of Biogeochemical and Hydrologic Processes.xml</b> in item <a href="https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/504216bae4b04b508bfd338b">https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/504216bae4b04b508bfd338b</a>

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DOI http://sciencebase.gov/vocab/identifierScheme 10.1021/es8034126

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